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Definition of Square knot
1. Noun. A double knot made of two half hitches and used to join the ends of two cords.
Definition of Square knot
1. Noun. A common binding knot. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Square Knot
Literary usage of Square knot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1889)
"When the tension is extreme, and a slippery catgut is used, it is well to tie a
third turn after the square knot is completed, and the same rule must still ..."
2. The Kedge-anchor; Or, Young Sailors' Assistant: Or, Young Sailors' Assistant by William N. Brady (1864)
"... the standing part, and bring it up through the bight—this is one half-hitch ;
two of these, one above the other, completes it. 8.—REEF, OR square knot. ..."
3. The Kedge-anchor, Or, Young Sailors' Assistant: Appertaining Tothe Practical by William N. Brady (1882)
"... the standing part, and bring it up through the bight—this is one half-hitch;
two of these, one above the other, completes it. 8.—REEF, OR square knot. ..."
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